“Restore vnto me the ioy of thy saluation: and vphold mee with thy free Spirit.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me [with thy] free spirit.
- King James Version
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; And uphold me with a willing spirit.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Give me back the joy of your salvation; let a free spirit be my support.
- Basic English Bible
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and let a willing spirit sustain me.
- Darby Bible
Restore to me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
- Webster's Bible
Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.
- World English Bible
Restore to me the joy of Thy salvation, And a willing spirit doth sustain me.
- Youngs Literal Bible
(51:14) Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation; and let a willing spirit uphold me.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Psalms 51:12
51:12 The joy - The comfortable sense of thy saving grace, promised and vouchsafed to me, both for my present and everlasting salvation. Free - Or, ingenuous, or liberal, or princely. Which he seems to oppose to his own base and illiberal and disingenuous and servile spirit, which he had discovered in his wicked practices: a spirit, which may free me from the bondage of sin, and enable me chearfully to run the way of God's precepts.